Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

AN Arkansas lion, measuring feet
inches in length, and weighing l52 pounds,
was killed recently in Hampstead county,
Ark.
HANx HEWITT. an old-timer in Arizona,
went into q store in Tucson few days since,
and after purchasing a vest ordered his old
one thrown away. out soon remembered that
ne had left $3.50 in one OF the pockets. lie
succeeded in nnding $3.50 of the amount.
A DISPATCH from Algeria announces the
death Of the greatest lion-sayer that the
world has ever seen, Ahmed-ben-A hmar,
who was last year made knight of The Le-
giOn If Honor. He killed eighty lions and as
many panthers from the time he learned TO
shoot until his departure Tor the happy hunt-
ing grounds.
SLEEPING without the head covered IL sara
to be one Of the causes Of insomnia, which
has Of late years become very general
malady. Some find a cure by tying large
handkerchief tightly around the temples
under tie ears, IN small knot 81 the BACK
Of the head. The Knot may be adopted or
not. according to The wearer's comfort or
fancy. The bandage gives the required
pressure on the outoT surface of the head,
the lack of which is one cause of sieepless-
ness
A WOMAN named Corrigan, residing near
Doura, county Leitrlm, was lately delivered
OF four children at birth-three girls and
boy. They are all doing well. The family
are miserably poor the father being small
farmer. DR.. Hunter j. +. Becoo, VINO at
tended the mother. will apply for the Queens
bounty. The children lie on straw. covered
with rags, be ide the fire. The landlord has
forgiven the father a years rent in cousldera-
ton of the increase of the family.
MARCH is famous month Of birthdays for
living potentates King Humbert, OF Italy,
and his father. King Victor Emanuel, were
born on March "A. 1t also happens to be the
birthday of the Empress of Brazil. Last
Tnursday was the Cars natal Anniversary,
and a few DAYS earlier had occurred that OF
he King of Wurtemburg. Pope Leo XIII.
was born on March = and next Friday Pr si-
dent Cleveland reaches the age of So But
tie great March celebration this year is that
of 22d. when Emperor William completes his
G0th year.
a CURIOUS SUIT has just been heard before
the Paris Civil Court. The gas company
which supplies the town OF Rambouillet
having refused to reduce It's price, a great
part OF the inhabitants entered into com
pact to abstain from burning gas and i'm
posed penalty against any of the members
of The league who should secede from the
agreement. The company brought test
action against one of the members, claiming
damages for an illegal coalition. pretending
that IL was an infringement on the liberty of
trade, but failed, M the court held that it had
not been proved that any unlawful means Of
coercion mad been exercised on any lndivld-
ual consumer.
TIE diamond has been found in widely
separated parts OF the world. Among these
Central India. Sumatra, Borneo, the Ural
Mountains, California, Brazil. the Cape of
Good Hope and China have been named. in
their several times. as principal localities,
while il might be hard to enumerate all the
minor sites. The Greeks said 1t was found in
Ethiopia. The most famous Indian mines
were those of Golconda. In MANS territory,
which were called after the city and fort of
that name, where was the market 80 which
trey were brought. although none of them
were found there or in the near nelghbOr
hood. Nothing of the city is left. and the
mines have fallen into neglect.
THE compliment to the Gar OF Russia with
which Emperor William intends to celebrate
his own birthday has at least the merit of
originality He will send detachment Of
the Prusslan regiment of which the Gar is
honorary commander to present themselves
10 the latter at his Gatchina palace, about
thirty miles from st Petersburg. To increase
the interest they will be armed with the new
repeating rife. This is a much pleasGnter
form of armed invasion than the one which
me people expect TO see before many years,
either OF Russians into Germany or of Ger
mans into Russia. 1t may serve, to be sure,
to remind tie Car that the German arm '
has been armed with the deadly weapons of
servation. But the main purpose presumably
il TO give pubic demonstration that the two
Emperors are in harmony. and that Germany
fears no FrancO-Russian alliance.
THOUGH it is well known that as a matter
of fact the final hour OF a Congress has long
been y O'Clock noon on March 4, yet it Is true
| that the journals OF each house recording the
proceedings Of the last hours before Con
| gress adjourns sire die bears the date OF
| March 3, and by legislative fiction the legis-
| lative day OF March 3, at whatever hour il
| may begin. continues on the day Congress
| expires until noon on March T. As to this
! the late Senator Cas-, of Michigan. said in
| the United States Senate. after midnight on
i March 3, 1851. which was the first time the
houses continued their session when about to
| adjourn sine die as late as noon on March :,
1.-The question is, when does March 3 expires
| The bills you pass this night will all be signed
| on March g. and the very fact shows con-
clusively that March has terminated. You
have TO resort to a fiction. which is. in fact. q
| falsehood, in order to justify holding over"